"Gary R. Hook" <nospam@nospammers.net> wrote in message news:<c4y8d.2689$q%7.973@newssvr11.news.prodigy.co m>...
> Laurenz Albe wrote:
> > payne <paynearnold@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > By setting the umask of the user who creates the file to 0000, you can
> > achieve permissions 0666 for newly created files and 0777 for directories.
> >
> > I think there is no way to force files to mode 0777.
>
> Correct. The execute bit must be explicitly set, and only
> applies to executable files (i.e. scripts or programs).
>
> One wonders as to the desired goal.

I have a demo database that is used for training and has grown larger
then I have room for on the aix server. The database uses a system
account to modify and create tables in the database. How do I set the
umask for a system account if their is no .profile to modify.